Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-09-30

b When in the long ago, glacial age the
valley Of the mighty Mississippi was per-
fected to be the seat Of mighty EN- pire
the home of prosperous and contented
millions of American Sfreemen-n
portion thereof was more lavishly favor
ed than that Known as the county OF
Morrison. in the goodly state of Minne-
sofa. Right here, in close proximity
to the great wheat fields of Minnesota
and Dakota, the magnificent pine forests
of the Mississippi, the iron mines and
the hardwood timber regions of Lake
Superior, at Little Falls, 81 miles above
Minneapolis, is water power which is
almost wholly the handiwork Of nature.
A dam of timber and stone, of the best
tried and approved construction double
fastened and anchored to the solid rock,
with tons and tons Of iron, and only
about 700 feet in length, turns the
whole volume of the father of waters,
or as muchsas required, and harnesses
it to the uses and interests of man. The
canal is 50 feet wide. The entire work.
dam, headgates, canal and waste weir,
is in good form and solid rock, a. mica.
cious slate with vertical clearage, and
upon which the rush of water under the
heaviest pressure has no effect. The,
fall Attained is 20 feet, and the estimat-
ed horse power is 10000 at extreme low
water, as happily for the builders, now
exists. The building of the Northern
Pacific railroad, among other beneficial
results, made this superb power
available but matters of title still de-
]ayed development. In: the ripe full
ness of time the gentlemen who came,
and saw and appreciated and proceeded
to develop It, are H. P. Uphaln,- Lyman
D. Hodge and NJ. NJ. Williams of St..
Paul, Dr.. ". l. Breyfogle and Dexter
Belknap, of Louisyille, KY. They are
Incorporated under the laws OF the state
as the Little Falls Water Power Co."
with q capital stock of $500, 900, which is
all paid In. .
Dr.. ", L. Breyfogle, of Louisville, Ky =,
is presid of the company, and NJ, NJ !.
Willians of St. Paul, is secretary and
treasurer. The letter gentleman is on
playground him self, and being ably
assisted by Thos. P. Shanks, an engineer
of large experience in work of this
character, both for the United States
ton is being pushed with thorough
hess, vigor, and precision that is a credit
|nto all Interested. force of 800 picked
men is employed, and it is expected
that the work will be practically COM
pleted by the LIST of May, 1883, at a cost
of about 100000. That bright and
lively manufacturing city will grow here
can safely be predicted. Here will be
Touring mills, saw mitls, iron foundries,
machine shops, farm implement and
furniture factories, paper mills, sewing
mathinezfactories, tanneries, soap facto-
ries: manufactures of everything man
| needs in the whole Journey of life from
| cradles to collins, to supply:the millions
who will occupy the limitless Northwest.
The city, instead of being obscured and
minmized by the dimlnutive name of
Little Falls, will have:a name and fame
worthy of it's merits. Its town site is
Incompatible fine. The soil is Just
enough sandy. Forest trees-now dress
| ed in gorgeos autumnal 'hues-furnish
shate and defense against the insiduant
Manitoba zephyr. These 100 feet wide
| RICH; angled streets, laid in conformity
to Cardinal points'of the compass, will
soon be lined with fine substantial
buildings. for the best of brick and
granite are right:at hand. Water power
will pump for fire and domestic supply,
run electric lights and street cars, as
in dher cities. The enterprise and
public spirit of the village of Little Falls,
and the comfy Of Morrison, is ex-
empifed by the fact that they vote d
bons in aid eff the improvement Of the
waite: power;to the amount of $4,000
In matters of this kind the men OF
ente prise and force, are the ones who
press to the front-quickly recognize
the opportunity of a lifetime and seize it
by tie foretop. AS such. the village
tsoon to be city, Of Little Falls, and the
county of Morrison should, and do,
delight to have such citizens as Mai
Ashley C, Morrill,, Mayor Simmons, :
McN:mara, NJ. NJ. Williams, Thos. P
ShanSs, Maurin & Medved, Postmaster
JohnC- Wetzel, George LaFond, J. C.
Flynn, n. P. Clarke & Co., Senator Nc
Crea, Maj. Rothwel], County Treasurer
Stall, Register of Deeds Lyman Signor
Tuttie 4 Churchill, County Auditor
Elle1becker and Milo Porter, and
hundreds of others. Their constant
and tntiring efferts induced men Of
capital to see these great resources and
advantages and to put money in to de-
velop them. The slack water caused by
the dam will make. miles of splendid
sawnill sites, reaching far above the
magnificent property Of Maj. Morrill,, al
Little Elk. Applications for power tc
run various branches of manufactures
to be started.at soon as the power il
ready for use, have already been made